Father Dowling Mysteries: The Complete Series

A mysterious man dies in Frank's confessional. Frank calls the police, but when they arrive the body is gone.

A mysterious man dies in Frank's confessional. Frank calls the police, but when they arrive the body is gone.

A woman of the parish tells her fiancé of her call girl past and is promptly murdered. It's up to Father Frank and Sister Steve to discover if it was the fiancé, or perhaps a former client who killed her.

Sister Steve's ex-boyfriend, Jack, witnesses a murder, but when the cops arrive the victim is alive and well. Jack seeks out Sister Steve for help.

St. Michael's hosts a priest in training, John, who's from a notorious mafia family. Trouble ensues when John is arrested for murder.

Father Dowling sets out to solve the mystery.

Someone is impersonating Father Dowling.

A distraught woman leaves her baby at the church. Father Frank and Sister Steve track her down, but things don't add up when they find the woman and she claims she never had a baby.

A very charming priest visits the parish, but right away Father Frank and Sister Steve suspect that something is fishy.

An exotic dancer confesses to Father Frank that she saw something that she shouldn't have and is murdered. Sister Steve poses as a card dealer to get clues.

Steve's brother, Mark, has run into a spot of trouble when he witnesses a murder! But can't tell the police for fear of implicating himself.

Someone is taking shots at everyone associated with the Gallagher trial from 8 years ago where Father Frank was a principal witness. But Father Frank isn't convinced it's Gallagher.

Father Frank's twin is at it again. Frank gets involved when the woman his brother has conned turns up dead.

A parishioner is being haunted by the ghost of her dead father. Frank, Steve and even Father Prestwick get involved in trying to find out who is terrorizing the poor woman and why.

After knocking down a blind man, Sister Stephanie feels guilty and opens her heart to him as he seems to be in need of assistance. But she soon discovers that she has become an unwitting accomplice in a scheme to blackmail a prominent parishioner.

A special visitor to the church is sure someone is going to be taken before their time, and it's up to Father Frank to prevent it. Frank thinks it has to do with a parishioner who owes a favor to a crime boss.

A young couple's marriage is on the rocks, when the wife is sure her husband is cheating. She turns to Frank for help. But the husband swears to Frank that he isn't having an affair, but can't say what he has been up to.

Father Phil is over the moon about returning the Chalice of St. Sophia to Bucharest. Unfortunately, he falls victim to a confidence scam.

Sister Stephanie is entrusted six million dollars in the will of a deceased parishioner. Everyone, including the man's family, wants the money and may be willing to do anything to get it.

Father Dowling has always enjoyed fine art, but someone is going overboard in their role as freelance art critic. A mystery thief is methodically stealing the art treasures that once belonged to the wealthy Cabot family. And Father Dowling has an inkling the thief might be the surviving son, Jonathan. The only question is why would a rich businessman take the risk of stealing the paintings when he could easily afford to buy them outright? And Cabot has perfect alibis for each theft. It looks like it's time for some of Father Dowling's old-fashioned digging for clues.

The church has hired an eccentric painter to retouch the frescoes. He turns out to be an abusive drunk and Sister Stephanie has no patience or pity for him. But she and Father Frank must come to his aid when his studio blows up.

It's princess and the pauper, when Sister Stephanie changes places with visiting royalty.

While Father Dowling is in the hospital for tonsil surgery he becomes convinced that the patient in the next bed was murdered overnight. While investigating, he and Stephanie uncover a larger conspiracy.

Sister Steve's brother is a target by a man who wants him to do something illegal. Her brother is run over by 2 men to teach him a lesson.

Sister Steve's friend is stood up at the altar and it's discovered that her fiancé died on their wedding day. It is only then that she begins to discover who her fiancé really was. Meanwhile, Father Phil has hit on the perfect fundraiser.

Hollywood is shooting a new TV show at the church, in which a priest and nun solve crimes.

A nun is murdered after Sister Stephanie returns to see her Mother Superior in celebration of the latter's Silver Jubilee. Could it be something to do with the nun she saw carrying a gun?

Father Dowling is invited to a murder mystery weekend at the home of a famous mystery writer. Father Dowling's skills are put to the test, when their host is murdered.

Father Dowling is serving as a juror, but has serious doubts about the testimony of a witness.

Father Dowling befriends a woman on a flight home to Chicago. After a mix up with their luggage, he visits the old family mansion she's staying at but is told she's unwell. He smells a rat and is sure she's being kept in the house against her will. Sister Steve goes in undercover as a maid to investigate.

After leaving her son with Father Dowling and Sister Stephanie at St. Michael's Parish, a woman is shot and wounded badly. The trail leads Father Dowling and the police to a department store on Christmas Eve. Will it lead to a Christmas miracle?

Father Dowling's brother Blaine is back in town and once again causing him havoc. Frank is framed for a bank robbery that happened at the exact same moment that Blaine was being arrested for overdue parking tickets, giving him a perfect alibi. Frank's only hope to clear his name is to pretend to be Blaine to infiltrate his brothers associates and prove that Blaine was the mastermind behind the robbery.

When warring exterminators fight for franchise rights, Frank and Steve are caught in the middle. Confusion ensues when they discover a phony nun, a dangerous hit man, and a gangster who will stop at nothing to save his daughter's life.

When a witness who can clear a young man of murder goes missing, Sister Steve goes undercover as a working girl to find her. But is the young man as innocent as he makes out? Father Dowling is not so sure.

Father Dowling has received the shock of his life. A young man has shown up at St. Michael's Parish claiming to be his son. Before Frank can get to know his son, he vanishes, then is charged with murder. Can Father Dowling save his son from the murder charge?

When a hitman hired to kill Frank realises he is a Catholic priest, his Catholic faith won't allow him to go through with it, and he warns Frank that someone will takeover the hit and carry it out. Father Dowling must figure out why someone would want him dead and who is behind it.

When a man on a rooftop shoots at Frank, almost killing him, Sister Steve goes undercover as a Taxi driver to catch the man who is targeting priests.

When Father Dowling and Sister Steve discover an ancient Egyptian curse while visiting a Pharaoh's burial chamber at the Chicago museum they attempt to uncover the mystery surrounding the statue given to Frank from the murdered man. Father Prestwick also visits the tomb with almost deadly consequences!

When a chimp Sister Steve has known and loved since childhood is accused of murdering a zoo keeper, she steals him from the zoo to prevent his execution. Sister Steve and Father Dowling then go about finding the real killer and clearing the chimps name.

A mystery writer, who is writing a new novel starring Frank and Steve as characters, dies before completing the book. It is up to Frank and Steve to investigate his murder, thus writing the last chapter.

When a runaway teenager takes a walk on the wild side of L.A.'s night life, it is up to Father Dowling to intervene and stop impending danger.

A man is murdered in his house as he is hiding a paper in a candlestick holder.

Father Dowling helps a friend's grandson when the young man is accused of murder.